Community – GIS

Community – GIS

The GIS User Group became a formalized group of the active, campus GIS community in 2013. Users come together from various academic backgrounds and skill levels to learn, share and network around topics in GIS. The group meets monthly during the school year and is involved in the planning of our annual of GIS Day. The GIS User Group is convened by a chair who's active in the user group. You are invited to join our GIS community! Email the chair at wustlgis@gmail.com, or connect with us at our next meeting:

Example Topics

Current Chair

Current chair: Kelly Ervin, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology

A Message From The Chair:

Everything in the world around us has a spatial component. GIS is an essential element to helping us become more efficient, make better and smarter choices, and communicate more effectively. As a geospatial platform, GIS is at the forefront of integrating and solving political, economic, social and environmental issues at every scale—from the neighborhood to the city to the planet. As chair of the GIS Users Group, I'm committed to enhancing spatial awareness on campus and the larger St. Louis community. Major goals for upcoming events and meetings include showcasing the power of GIS, collaborating with local grade schools in community-wide activities, and recruiting a diversity of spatial thinkers and speakers to engage with the WUSTL GIS Users Group.